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" i ama iqBnADLEY,v yor DE RBAY, CONNECTICUT.

. Letters Patent No. 85,899, dated Ja/nua/ry 19,1869.

nrnovmmm IN MACHINES non APPLYING sTRENGTHENING-PATC'HES fro BUT-ron norms or COLLARS.

nn-Schedule 'referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be itknown that I, vE. F. BRADLEY, of Derby, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a' new Improvement in Paper-Collar Machine; and I do .hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the `letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full,`clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figurel, a side view, and in This invention relatesto the construction of a machine for attaching cloth to the' button-boicot' paper collars, and c on'sists in a punch of the size and form of the piece of fabric `to be attached, having arranged insuch relative position to the punch a strip of fabric passing over the punch, pasted upon the opposite surface, and so that the said punch, entering a correspondthe accompanying drawings.

A is the frame of the machine, which supports the operative mechanism.

Ina suitable guide, B, a vertical spindle, 0,'is ar` ranged, its upper end, D, forming a punch, which is of the shape required for the piece of fabric to be cut. Above the punch D is the die E, corresponding to the said punch, and between the said punch anddie E, a strip of fabricpasses, rst passing over the pasteroll, F, and over a guide, a, so as to bring the pasted side-np; thence over the punch, passes to the feedrollers Gr and H, operated by a-pawl,'1,' through a ratchet, J, so that when the punch D rises, by the operation o f the cam K on thedriving-shaft L, the punch' D, entering the die E, will cut from the strip of fabric a piece, of the form and size of the punch and Above the die E is a space, d, for the insertion of the collar, and above this,l in a guide, M, is arranged a spindle, N, operated, through a connecting-rod, P, by means of a cam, R. 1

In the lower/end of the spindle N is arranged the button-hole punch S, and in the upper end of the punch D, a die is formed, corresponding to the punch S.

. The part T of the flame, above the space d, forms a bearing against which to press the collar and piece of pasted fabric, the punch S passing freely through the said part T. er

The punch S may also be placed inside of the punch D, sliding upward into a die formed in the plate T. This completes the construction of the machine.

Its operation is as follows:

g Pass the strip of fabric over the paste-roll F, as denoted in red, the said paste-roll supplied with paste from the bath in which it revolves. The strip is carried over vthe guide c and returned, so as to bring the pasted side up, thence carried over the punch to the feed-roll,then' set in motion, and the collar f lplaced in the space d. The punch D cuts from the pasted fabric the required piece, carrying it -up throughthe die E, and,:striking the collar, presses the piece and collar hard upagainst the part T, so as to cause the fabric to adhere to the paper, and while it is thus held, the punch S comes down upon and cuts the button-hole in the collar, then the parts return, the fabric is fed in for a second cut, which is attached to the collar, and the button-hole formed, as before described.

It. will be'observed that the fabric may be first I gummed, and then passed over the paste-roll F, the said roll being prepared or arranged so as to moisten the gumlsuicently tocause it to adhere to the surface of the collar. A

Having fully described my. invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'The combination of the two punches D and vS, I

operating together, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the punch D `and die E, the

paste-roll F, operated substantially in the manner as specified. v

3. The combination ofthe two punches Dand S,`

constructed as described, with the die E, plate T, and pasting-roll F, substantially in the manner and forxthe purpose speciiied.- l

A E. F. BRADLEY.l

Witnesses:

lELT. BLAKE,

E. K'. BLAKE. 

